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Genus Desulfolutivibrio
Name: Desulfolutivibrio Thiel et al. 2021
Etymology: De.sul.fo.lu.ti.vi’bri.o. L. prep. de, from; L. neut. n. sulfur, sulfur (S); N.L. pref. desulfo-, desulfuricating (prefix used to characterize a dissimilatory sulfate-reducing prokaryote) (in compound words); L. neut. n. lutum, mud; L. v. vibro, to set in tremulous motion, move to and from, vibrate; N.L. masc. n. vibrio, that which vibrates, and also a genus name of bacteria possessing a curved rod shape (Vibrio); N.L. masc. n. Desulfolutivibrio, sulfate-reducing vibrio from mud
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Desulfolutivibrion-), de-sul-fo-lu-ti-WI-bri-o
Type species: Desulfolutivibrio sulfoxidireducens Thiel et al. 2021
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Thiel J, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Sproer C, Bunk B, Koeksoy E, Ngugi DK, Schink B, Pester M. Desulfolutivibrio sulfoxidireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a pyrite-forming enrichment culture and reclassification of Desulfovibrio sulfodismutans as Desulfolutivibrio sulfodismutans comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126105. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 198. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4688.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; ATCC: 1; VKM: 1; NBRC: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Desulfolutivibrio sulfodismutans (Bak and Pfennig 1988) Thiel et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name Desulfolutivibrio sulfoxidireducens Thiel et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Desulfovibrionaceae Kuever et al. 2006
Assigned by:
Thiel J, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Sproer C, Bunk B, Koeksoy E, Ngugi DK, Schink B, Pester M. Desulfolutivibrio sulfoxidireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a pyrite-forming enrichment culture and reclassification of Desulfovibrio sulfodismutans as Desulfolutivibrio sulfodismutans comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126105.
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Record number: 18906
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